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E.. L. TAYLOR. RAILROAD RAIL GUARD AND SUPPORT..

No. 544,137. Patentd Aug. 6*, 1895.

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UNITED STATES 4PATENT OFFICE.

'ENOOII L. TAYLOR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO HENRY WOOD, OF SAME PLACE.

` RAILROAD-RAIL GUARD AND SUPPORT.

lSEEECIFIL'CATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,137, dated August 6, 1895. .Application fled'December 14, 1894:. Serial No. 531,847. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern/.-

Be it known that I, ENOOH LEWIS TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and countyof Philadelphia, State of, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railroad-Rail Supports,

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It also consists of a guard for the rail of novel and strong construction, as will be hereinafter set forth.

p Figure l represents a partial end elevation and partial vertical section of a rail support and guard embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a top or plan view thereof. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of a chair and adjacent portion of a beam embodying my invention. Fig. 4 represents an en d view of said beam.

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Referring tothe drawings, A designates a column, on thetop B of which is supported the chair C, which consists of the bed-plate D and the vertical limbs E depending there` from, one of said limbs having an inwardlyprojecting flange F at the base'thereof. Rising from the bed D is a cheek-piece G, which is adapted to .embrace one of the flanges of the rail. A portion of the bed D is cut away, forming a transversely-extending recess H, ink which is seated the portion J of the double L or Z shaped beam K, which Aportion rests on the side limbs E of the chair C, and is formedv with a cheek-piece L, which is diagonally opposite to the cheek-piece G, so as to embrace the respective flange of the rail, it being noticed that the rail rests partly on vthe portion J of the beam K, and said bed and portion J rest on the top B of the column A, whereby the rail is firmly supported. The beam K is sustained on the iioor or other vsuitable portion of the bridge, road, dac. It 'will also be noticed that the vertical and lower limbs of the beam K are cut away so as to admit the chair O between them, while the portion J, which is part of the upper. limb of said beam, enters the recess Hof the bed D, and rests on the limbs F. thereof, as has been stated.

Depending from opposite sides Of the top B are angle-bars M and N, which are bolted to the top B, the bars N. resting 0n the flange F and the bar M being engaged by a screw P, which is fitted to the adjacent side limbE of the chair and adapted to tighten against said bar M, by which provision the chair may be driven up, in the present case to the left, whereby 'the Vcheek-piece G is tightened against the contiguous flange of the rail, while the opposite flange is tightened against the cheek-piece L,-thus firmly retaining the rail in position. v

K designates guards, which are formed of metal crimped upwardly, producing the side legs Q, and having the flat central portion Q and the outwardly-projecting feetvQa at the bases of the outer sides of said legs. The central portion Q rests on the top of the chair and portion J of the beam, and the feet Q2, while also sustaining the guard, receive the bolts by which the guard is secured to the top E of the column and the angle-bars M andN, the guard thus being firmly supported.

The guard is cut away at places Where the cheek-pieces exist to'allow the latter toV pass throughthe guard and engage the flange of the rail. Y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A support, a chair having acheek piece connected therewith, depending limbs on said chair, angle bars secured to said support, and mechanism connected with said chair bearing against one of said angle bars for adjusting said chair, substantially as described.

2. A rail guard formed of a piece of metal having elevated side portions, a central portion adapted to have a rail seated thereon, and means for securing it tov asupport, said central portion joining the inner limbs of said side portions,substantially as described.

3. A column having a top, an anglebar connected with said top, a chair with a depend- IOO e mais? ing limb, and a flange on the lower end of the latter, the bar being seated on said ange, the parts named being combined substantially as described.

4. A column having a top, an angle bar conneoted with said top, a chair with a depending limb, and a screwwhich is fitted to said limb and adapted to bear against said bar, the parts named being combined substantially as described.

5. A chair, a beam part of which is seated on said chair, a support for the seat and part, angle bars connected with said support, a Iiange on one of the limbs of said chair on which one of said bars is sustained, and a screw on the opposite limb engaging the other angle bar, said parts being combined substantially as described.

6. A rail guard formed of a single piece of metal, having upwardly crimped side portions a flat central portion adapted to have a rail seated thereon, and feet for securing the guard to the rail support, substantially as de scribed.

7. A rail-supporting beam and rail-supporting column, in combination with a chair, and

away portions to admit the projections of 35 cheek pieces, substantially as described.

ENOCII L. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. P. JENNINGS. 

